[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes: > Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> But despite the above I do want to point out that the argument >> about "the only thing stopping the possessor" can easily (and, >> IMHO, more justifiably) be used against the GPL and in favor of >> BSD-style licensing. Simply s/possessor/possessor of source/ to >> see what I mean. > > No, and this is an important point. > > The BSD-license does not restrict modification to the possessor of > source. If you have a binary, you can still change it. There is no > restriction, and if you are clever enough, you can do it. > > So the situations are not parallel, and crucially so. How so? If anything, what you're saying here is a further argument against the need for a requirement to pass source along with binaries, since, according to you, we don't really need the source to make changes. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03
